Worcester, Massachusetts-based concert promotions company, MassConcerts, is pleased to announce the second segment of bands playing the seventeenth annual NEW ENGLAND METAL & HARDCORE FESTIVAL at The Palladium in Worcester, MA on April 17th, 18th, and 19th 2015, issues Metal Blade Records.

With the newest additions to this years’ lineup, it is proving yet again to be another epic year with even more bands still to be announced. Adding to the already impressive lineup is New England’s own, The Red Chord who have been added to Friday’s onslaught as well as hardcore fan favorite, Code Orange. Saturday sees the addition of Suburban Scum playing alongside already announced favorites Nails, Indecision, Incendiary and Wisdom In Chains. Sunday gets a major hardcore kick in the ass with the addition of Death Before Dishonor, Cruel Hand, Rude Awakening and Rotting Out. Up-and-coming Metal Blade acts Allegaeon and Rivers of Nihil have been added to Saturday’s lineup.

Headliners already announced include: Testament, Between The Buried and Me, and Motionless In White.

Sunday April 19th
Motionless In White
For Today
The Color Morale
Rotting Out
Death Before Dishonor
Cruel Hand
My Ticket Home
Rude Awakening
Lorna Shore
The Last Ten Seconds of Life
World Of Pain
Shark Ethic
Ghost X Ship
Living Laser Oath

As one of the longest running festivals of its kind in the US, the NEW ENGLAND METAL & HARDCORE FESTIVAL has helped jumpstart the careers of many acts including Lamb of God, Killswitch Engage, The Black Dahlia Murder and Behemoth. Since 1999, this multiple-day festival has been attracting dozens of bands and thousands of fans to the historic Worcester Palladium each year bringing metal and hardcore acts deservedly to the forefront of each genre.

With NEW ENGLAND METAL & HARDCORE FESTIVAL 2014 in Worcester, Massachusetts is now less than a week away, running from Thursday, April 17th through Saturday the 19th, today a massive giveaway from one of the event’s main sponsors, Tama Drums, has been announced.

The seven-piece Tama drum kit which will be used to back all performances on the main stage of NEW ENGLAND METAL & HARDCORE FESTIVAL XVI will be given away at the end of the event. Every ticket purchased in advance of the festival counts as an automatic chance to win the kit, boasting a retail value of $2700, including tickets previously purchased before the contest was in place.

Tickets for NEMHFXVI are on sale at THIS LOCATION. For VIP packages, point your browser HERE.

With sponsorships from Tama, Ibanez, New Noise Magazine, Monster Energy Drink, All In Merch and others, the sixteenth annual gathering of the iconic NEW ENGLAND METAL & HARDCORE FESTIVAL will once again feature two stages at the renowned Worcester Palladium for solid three days of havoc. The opening night of NEMHF XVI, Thursday, April 17th, will see headlining sets from Broken Hope, Oceano, Darkest Hour, the final East Coast show ever for Bleeding Through, Emmure and All That Remains. Day two, Friday, April 18th, will feature main acts Slapshot, The Acacia Strain, Carnifex, Whitechapel, 1349 and Behemoth as part of the massive Metal Alliance tour and more. And the final evening, Saturday, April 19th, will see sets from All Out War, a one-off show from Nails, Unearth, a special reunion set from Sam Black Church, Nile and the mighty Iced Earth along with many others dominating the stage.

The promoters of the NEW ENGLAND METAL & HARDCORE FESTIVAL, currently gearing up for the sixteenth consecutive annual run of the event this April, have finalized this year’s lineup with the addition of Detroit party crew, WILSON.

Blending crunchy metallic riffs with pop-punk melodies and a raging, party hard attitude, Michigan quintet, Wilson, is all about jacking as much fun into their live sets as possible. Filthy, ultra energetic, hard-rocking mayhem is the name of the game for Wilson, and their set at NEMHF is sure to be an explosive addition to the festival’s Thursday lineup.

With sponsorships from Tama, Ibanez, New Noise Magazine, Monster Energy Drink, All In Merch and others, the iconic NEW ENGLAND METAL & HARDCORE FESTIVAL will once again feature two stages, the yearly gala continues to drive dozens of bands and thousands of fans from around the country to the renowned Worcester Palladium for solid three days of mayhem. The opening night of NEMHFXVI, Thursday, April 17th, will see headlining sets from Broken Hope, Oceano, Darkest Hour, the final East Coast show ever for Bleeding Through, Emmure and All That Remains. Day two, Friday, April 18th, will feature main acts Slapshot, The Acacia Strain, Carnifex, Whitechapel, 1349 and Behemoth as part of the massive Metal Alliance tour and more. And the final evening, Saturday, April 19th, will see sets from All Out War, a one-off show from Nails, Unearth, a special reunion set from Sam Black Church, Nile and the mighty Iced Earth along with many others dominating the stage.

Additionally, three local bands won the recent Break Thru Music’s Battle for Metal Fest competitions for a chance to perform at the event. This now adds Death Rattle to the Thursday lineup, Carnivora to Friday’s and Acius to the bill on Saturday.

Tickets for NEMHFXVI are on sale now at THIS LOCATION. For VIP packages, point your browser HERE.

Beyond the incredibly diverse roster of bands already confirmed to play the sixteenth edition of the NEW ENGLAND METAL & HARDCORE FESTIVAL in just four weeks, the promoters of the event are proud to announce the addition of longtime US metalcore dynamos, DARKEST HOUR to the lineup for this year’s festivities.

Today, Saturday, March 22nd will also mark the finals for this year’s ongoing Break Thru Music Presents: Battle for Metal Fest competition, the action going down at two locations simultaneously. At the Webster Theater in Hartford, Connecticut at 6pm, sets from finalists Physics of Demise, Vengeful Wake, Hollow, To Die a Legend and Dream of Scipio, We Are Nothing, Lightsbane, Rise And Resist, Imperium Mortis, Acius, Behold The Beginning and Victim Of Innocence. Back at the Palladium in Worcester, Massachusetts where the fest takes place, the battle will include performances from Chaos Machine, Hitlist, Onward, Begat The Nephilim, Rumors of Betrayal, Seeds Of Negligence, Along Came the Flood, Assault On The Living, Carnivora, Written In Stone, Death Rattle. The winners will of course take part in the assault on the Palladium at this year’s event.

From Thursday, April 17th through Saturday the 19th over 75 bands will once again infiltrate Worcester’s iconic Palladium Theatre for the annual NEW ENGLAND METAL & HARDCORE FESTIVAL, coalescing multiple cross-country tours, exclusive appearances and more among the massive and ever-building lineup for this year’s festivities. VIP packages for the event are now available AT THIS LOCATION. Full event info and all other ticketing options can be scoped HERE.

Earsplit PR has issued that As the mammoth lineup of audio obliteration continues to expand, the doers of the NEW ENGLAND METAL & HARDCORE FESTIVAL are pleased to bring Massachusetts metalcore merchants/NEMHF alumni, UNEARTH, as well as German psychedelic space rock perpetrators, KADAVAR, to their coveted stages!

After fifteen years of blazing trails and live domination, UNEARTH emerged as part of a burgeoning revolution in heavy music and is now institutionalized as a relentless force in metal, standing the test of time with consistently creative output, tireless road warrior resilience, blue collar style workmanship and a resolute determination to pummel the masses. With five full-lengths under their proverbial belts and a new one on the way via eOne, Unearth returns to raze the stage of the Palladium as part of the NEW ENGLAND METAL & HARDCORE FESTIVAL for the sixth time.

Toting “down-to-earth handmade classic rock from a time when music still used to be true art,” the riff-heavy spell-casters in KADAVAR hail from Berlin and bow to the teachings of Black Sabbath, Pentagram and early Hawkwind. Their forthcoming new full-length, Abra Kadavar, will be released via Nuclear Blast just days before their NEMHF performance. Worcester, are you ready rock?

Additionally, the sorcerers behind the NEMHF are eager to officially welcome the first annual “Best In Brutality Tour” to its maniacal three-day ambush. The punishing five-band tour package will level Worcester on Thursday, April 17th and features the co-headlining assault of esteemed deathcore brutalizers, Oceano, and legendary death metal titans, Broken Hope, alongside the combined sonic destruction of Fallujah, Rivers Of Nihil and Kublai Khan.

Celebrating its sixteenth anniversary, the now iconic NEW ENGLAND METAL & HARDCORE FESTIVAL will commence on April 17th and run through April 19th. Featuring two stages, the yearly gala continues to drive dozens of bands and thousands of fans from around the country to the renowned Worcester Palladium for a solid weekend of mayhem! Initial day-to-day lineups are officially posted with more bands to be confirmed in the coming weeks. (Note this is NOT the official running order).

Thursday – April 17, 2014

All That Remains
Bleeding Through
Broken Hope
Cop Problem
Emmure
Enabler
Fallujah
Gideon
InDirections
Julius Seizure
Kublai Khan
Oceano
Rivers of Nihil
Scars of Tomorrow
The Last Ten Seconds of Life
Years Since The Storm

All Out War
Alpha & Omega
Barrier
Battlecross
Counterparts
Discourse
Gift Giver
Harm’s Way
Iced Earth
Kadavar
King Nine
Lionheart
Loyal To The Grave
Nails
Nile
Obey The Brave
Ramallah
Reign Supreme
Revamp
Sabaton
Sam Black Church
Sylar
Texas In July
Those Who Fear
Twitching Tongues
Unearth
Will To Die

Tickets for the festival are on sale now and available for purchase at THIS LOCATION. Special VIP packages are also available. For VIP purchases, point your browser HERE.

Finally, Break Thru Music’s Battle For Metal Fest competition is well under way. Battle For Metal Fest offers local bands the opportunity to compete for a chance to perform live at this year’s massacre. Performances will take place on select dates throughout the coming months at the Worcester Palladium and Webster Theater in Hartford, Connecticut. Spots are booking up fast so if your band is interested in the chance to earn a spot on the Main Stage, email booking@breakthrumusic.net now!

The epic lineup of this year’s NEW ENGLAND METAL & HARDCORE FESTIVAL continues to expand with the newest additions of: 1349, BATTLECROSS, BLACK CROWN INITIATE, CARNIFEX, ERRA, FALLUJAH, GOATWHORE, I DECLARE WAR, INQUISITION, RIVERS OF NIHIL, SWORN IN, BROKEN HOPE and THE ACACIA STRAIN. Get ready to rage! The latest adds will unite with the likes of ALL THAT REMAINS, ICED EARTH, NILE, SLAPSHOT, the final East Coast appearance of BLEEDING THROUGH, NAILS, ALL OUT WAR, the yet-to-be-revealed 2014 Metal Alliance Tour, and many more acts still to be announced.

Slated to take place April 17th, 18th, and 19th, the sixteenth edition of the iconic two-staged event continues to drive dozens of bands and thousands of fans to the legendary Worcester Palladium. Tickets for the festival are on sale now and available for purchase at THIS LOCATION.

Additionally, today the fourth annual Mission Quest to Metalfest lineup is officially unveiled. A trek launched by MassConcerts in an effort to help bands make their way to Worcester, this year the expedition joins Cruel Hand, Alpha & Omega, Naysayer, Bent Life, Barrier, Malfunction and Will To Die on a massive, thirty-seven-date North American assault set to commence at SXSW in Austin, Texas. Comments NEMHF founding father/bearded wonder Scott Lee: “We are very excited to launch the fourth edition of Mission Quest to Metal Fest and have this tour as part of the festival. I think it’s a great mix of hardcore and if this tour comes to your city make sure to be there! Also make sure to check out Cruel Hand’s new 7″ (Born Into Debt, We All Owe A Death) released through Closed Casket Activities and Alpha & Omega’s new CD (No Rest, No Peace) released from Bridge 9.”

In related news, Break Thru Music is preparing to kick off the Battle for Metal Fest competition. Beginning January 18th, local bands will have the opportunity to compete for a chance to perform live at this year’s massacre. Performances will take place January – March at the Worcester Palladium and Webster Theater in Hartford, Connecticut. Spots are booking up fast so if your band is interested in the chance to earn a spot on the Main Stage, email booking@breakthrumusic.net now!